SuperVillain Studios

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SuperVillain Studios
Nicalis (2017–present)

SuperVillain Studios is an American video game development company that develops for the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Portable.

Company profile

SuperVillain Studios (SVS) was founded in January 2004 by Tim Campbell, Steve Ganem and Chris Rausch in Costa Mesa, CA. The original team consisted of six members, whose first duties were levels and online programming for

Zoo Games
.

According to the company website, "...SuperVillain Studios was founded on the belief that the key to developing outstanding video games is to combine talented developers with a creative and fulfilling environment." SuperVillain Studios is composed of a group of veteran game developers from companies such as

Point of View
. SuperVillain Studios intends to create games that appeal to both the mass market and hard-core gamers.

SuperVillain Studios developed one original IP for the

Order Up!! To Go
" on iOS and Android.

In 2012, SuperVillain published their first Steam game, "

Tower Defense
game that added innovative offensive mechanics to the traditionally defense-only genre.

At the end of 2013, SVS returned to their console roots in developing "

flOw
" for PS4's launch and for PS Vita.

2014 saw a boost in mobile production from the studio. They developed "

Harmonix Music Systems, "Order Up!! Fast Food", "Glacier Rush" and published "Choco Dozer" before launching "Transworld Endless Skater
" in July.

In 2017, Nicalis announced that they had acquired the studio, alongside Cowboy Color.[1]

Co-developments

Games

References

  1. ^ McAloon, Alissa. "Cave Story 3D dev Nicalis acquires SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color". Gamasutra. Gamasutra. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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